Site Reliability Engineer

Summary

Join Hack The Box as a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) and play a pivotal role in migrating the company's infrastructure to AWS. Over the next six months, you will enhance scalability, implement Kubernetes clusters, and establish key performance indicators. You will collaborate with a team of six other SREs, engineers, data scientists, and security experts. The position offers a fully remote or hybrid work model, with opportunities for mentorship and professional development. Hack The Box provides a supportive and fun work environment with various benefits, including private insurance, 25 annual leave days, and a dedicated training budget.

Requirements

• Hands-on Experience: Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience in site reliability engineering or a related field
• Automation Skills: Proficient in scripting and automation using languages such as Go, Python or Bash
• Cloud Expertise: In-depth knowledge of cloud platforms, particularly AWS
• Containerization: Experience with containerization technologies (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Monitoring Mastery: Strong expertise in implementing and managing monitoring and logging solutions
• Metrics Framework: Proven experience establishing and managing SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs
• Problem Solving: Proven ability to troubleshoot complex system issues and implement effective solutions
• Collaborative Mindset: Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with a strong ability to work cross-functionally and mentor junior team members

Responsibilities

• Heavily contribute to the AWS Migration for Scalability: Spearhead the migration from the current cloud provider towards AWS, strategically positioning our infrastructure for scalable growth across regions
• Expand Monitoring Stack: Integrate new systems into the Monitoring Stack, enhancing visibility and alerting capabilities for a globally distributed architecture
• Architectural Design for Reliability: Contribute to the design and implementation of reliable AWS infrastructure, focusing on fault tolerance and high availability
• Establish Metrics Framework: Implement and manage Service Level Agreements (SLAs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and Service Level Indicators (SLIs) to measure and improve system reliability
• Incident Response Enhancement: Develop and enhance incident response processes, leveraging metrics to continually improve response times and effectiveness
• Mentorship: Mentor and guide junior SREs in adapting to the AWS environment and implementing reliability best practices
• Collaborative Planning: Work closely with cross-functional teams to plan and implement new systems effectively, ensuring alignment with reliability goals
• Team Expansion: Play a key role in the team's expansion, contributing to the mentoring junior members
• Best Practices Advocacy: Champion best practices in AWS architecture and SRE methodologies, fostering a culture of reliability and continuous improvement

Benefits

• Private insurance
• 25 annual leave days
• Dedicated budget for training and professional development, participation in conferences
• State-of-the-art equipment (Macbook, iPhone, and mobile plan)
• Free lunch & snacks at the office
• Full access to the Hack The Box lab offerings; so you can learn how to hack
• Flexible/Hybrid working